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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya addresses the G20 Joint Finance and Health Ministers’ Meeting
“In a pandemic no one is safe until everyone is safe”
“G20 needs to aid in increasing available funds to WHO besides supporting ongoing multi-stakeholder mechanisms”
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya today addressed the G20 Joint Finance and Health Ministers’ Meeting through video conferencing. Agenda of the discussion was “Concrete proposals to strengthen global health financing governance”.
Text of the speech of Dr. Mandaviya is as under:
“India would like to congratulate Italian Presidency’s efforts towards strengthening global health financing and its governance.
Chair,
COVID-19 pandemic has brought to fore the importance of International Health Regulations and the need for strengthening global health governance. Presently, several parallel proposals are being discussed in multiple forums including IPPPR’s Global Health Threats Council, IHR review, need for a framework, convention or any other instrument on pandemic management and G20 proposal of Joint Health and Financing Task force to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response.
While supporting the present proposal for Joint Health and Financing Task force, India proposes that centrality of WHO needs to be maintained in health arena. India also proposes that while multiple entities with overlapping mandates are delving on the issue of pandemic preparedness and response, a clearly defined complementarity of all such initiatives being seamlessly woven to create a global health emergency management architecture is the need of hour. There is also a need to synchronise these multilateral initiatives amongst member states as per their local context at national level.
G20 needs to aid in increasing available funds to WHO, primarily funds which are not ear-marked besidessupporting ongoing multi stakeholder mechanisms such as GAVI, CEPI, ACT-A with specific focus on equitable and affordable access. In a pandemic no one is safe until everyone is safe. In this context, I quote our Hon’ble Prime Minister Mr. Modi ji when he mentioned that “Everyone's support, everyone's development, everyone's trust and everyone’s efforts” are vital for success.
Thank you!”
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has expanded the scope of community development through Skill Development
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  is implementing the Scheme of Polytechnics through Directorate General of Training . Under this scheme, Community Development Through Polytechnics  is one of the components wherein non-formal, short-term, employment-oriented skill development programmes is provided through Polytechnics for the marginalized section of society, to enable them to obtain gainful self/wage employment.
The government has revised the guidelines of CDTP in 2022-23 to include the provision of its implementation through National Skill Training Institutes  and Industrial Training Institutes  and to extend the coverage to Aspirational and Border Area Districts. The government has also increased the recurring grant up to Rs. 19.72 lakhs from the existing Rs. 17.00 lakhs per polytechnic per annum under this component. The revised guidelines is available at website dgt.gov.in.
The CDTP component is implemented by the State government and Union Territory Administrations through selected Polytechnics in accordance with guidelines issued by the Central government. Under the guidelines, the identified institution should target the poor and deprived sections of society in both urban and rural areas specifically women, SCs/STs, OBCs, minorities, school dropouts, street children, physically handicapped, economically weaker sections of the society and other under-privileged persons. No fee is charged from the trainees under this component and there is no restriction on the age, sex and qualification of the trainees.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM launches Government projects in Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today inaugurated several Government projects at Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. These include Government buildings, solar PV systems, Jan Aushadhi Kendras and a Passport Seva Kendra.
He also distributed Aids and Assistive Devices to Divyangjans, and other benefits under existing Government schemes.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that he is coming to Dadra and Nagar Haveli for the first time as Prime Minister, but he has been here many times in the past.
He said that after assuming office, he sought details on impact of development schemes in Dadra and Nagar Haveli; and since then the Union Government has worked on areas needing attention.
Speaking on development themes, he said that every Indian must have access to housing facilities. He said that in less than a year, the number of beneficiaries under the Ujjwala scheme for LPG has crossed 2 crore.
The Prime Minister emphasized that the Union Government will never allow the poor and the middle class to be looted. He urged the assembled people to download the BHIM App for cashless transactions.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
109.08 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
10,126 new cases in the last 24 hours; lowest in 266 days
Recovery Rate currently at 98.25%; Highest since March 2020
11,982 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,37,75,086
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.41%; Lowest since March 2020
India's Active caseload stands at 1,40,638; lowest in 263 days
Daily positivity rate  less than 2% for last 36 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 2% for last 46 days
61.72 cr Total Tests conducted so far
AYUSH
Ayurvedic products helped to improve the immunity of people during the Corona pandemic
The Ministry of AYUSH has developed and launched the AYUSH Sanjivani mobile application to generate data on the acceptance and usage of Ayush advocacies and measures among the population and its impact in the prevention of COVID-19. A cross-sectional analysis of the responses received from approximately 1.47 crore respondents through this App, highlighted that 85.1% of the respondents reported use of AYUSH measures for prevention of COVID-19, among which 89.8% respondents agreed to have been benefitted from the practice of AYUSH advisory. 79.1% of the users responded that the AYUSH measures gave an overall feeling of good health. 63.4% reported improvement in parameters of well being like sleep, appetite, bowel habits, stamina and mental well being.
Ministry of AYUSH has prepared a draft scheme namely “Pradhan Mantri VRIKSHA AYUSH Yojna” for promotion of Herbal Cultivation to increase the production of medicinal herbs used in Ayurvedic drugs in near future, which is yet to be approved.
This information was given by Minister of State for Ayush Shri Mahendrabhai Munjapara in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Dr Harsh Vardhan digitally addresses the students of Indian Institute of Mass Communication 
“Health Journalism was the nucleus of our war againstPolio”
Dr. Harsh Vardhan seeks the help of budding journalists in eradicating TB by 2025
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfaretoday digitally addressed the students of Indian Institute of Mass Communication  .
At the outset, Dr Vardhan welcomed the students and extended his gratitude for inviting him to interact with the budding journalists. Dr Vardhan stated, “Media being the fourth pillar of democracy plays very important role in modelling attitude of people. Thus, there is a huge responsibility on the shoulders of journalists as they are capable of delivering richest of dividends.”
Applauding the efforts of journalists during the times of crisis due to pandemic from the last 11 months, Dr Vardhan said, “Journalistshave worked round the clock from ground zero to provide information to the public. The COVID war, which started from January 2020 is now into its eleventh month. Media has been an active partner during this journey.” He also paid his tribute to those who have sacrificed their lives in an attempt to provide information to the people. “My list of Corona warriors also include journalists”, he said.
Remembering the contribution of journalists during the fight against poliomyelitis, the minister said, “Health Journalism was the nucleus of our war against Polio. At the time when India was home to 60% of the polio affected people, dreaming about polio free India was a distant reality. The positive contributions of journalists have helped in making it a successful national program.”
Seeking the help of journalists in eradicating Tuberculosis by 2025, Dr Vardhan said, “I appeal all of you to put your heart and soul into the TB elimination program and make this dream a reality. The active participation of journalists will help in large scale awareness generation among public.”
He further added, “Media should restraint itself from spreading unreliable information. People put their trust in the media to provide them authentic information. It becomes duty of every journalist to provide credible and verified information to the public. Unverified news coming into public domain is dangerous and may cause great damage.”
Dr Vardhan proposed to initiate a collaborative programbetween the institution and ministry which will be a good learning experience for a budding journalist in the field of health and science.
Prof. Sanjay Dwivedi, Director General of IIMC, Shri K. Satish Nambudiripad, Additional Director General  of IIMC, Prof. Surbhi Dahiya, Convenor of the programme and Prof.  Pramod Kumar, Co-convenor of the Programme were present at the event.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
97.65 Cr. vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
14,146 new cases in the last 24 hours; lowest in 229 days
Recovery Rate currently at 98.10%; Highest since March 2020
19,788 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,34,19,749
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.57%; Lowest since March 2020
India's Active caseload stands at 1,95,846; lowest in 220 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 3% for last 114 days
Daily positivity rate  less than 3% for last 48 days
59.09 cr Total Tests conducted so far
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Bhavina Patel on winning Silver medal in Table Tennis at Paralympics Games
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Bhavina Patel on winning Silver medal in Table Tennis at Paralympics Games in Tokyo.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"The remarkable Bhavina Patel has scripted history! She brings home a historic Silver medal. Congratulations to her for it. Her life journey is motivating and will also draw more youngsters towards sports. #Paralympics"
Ministry of Defence
Maiden IN-RSN-RTN Trilateral Exercise Commences
A maiden trilateral exercise, involving Republic of Singapore Navy , Royal Thailand Navy  and Indian Navy  has commenced at Port Blair on 16 Sep 19. The five-day-long exercise is aimed at bolstering the maritime inter-relationships amongst Singapore Thailand and India, and contribute significantly to enhancing the overall maritime security in the region. This would also strengthen the mutual confidence amongst three navies in terms of interoperability and development of a common understanding of procedures.
Under the ambit of this exercise, RSN Tenacious, a Formidable-class guided missile stealth frigate and His Majesty's Thailand Ship  Kraburi, a Guided Missile Frigate would be exercising with Indian Naval Ships Ranvir, a Guided Missile Destroyer, Kora, a missile corvette and Sukanya, an Offshore Patrol Vessel along with P8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft. During the harbour phase scheduled at Port Blair, professional exchanges, sports fixtures and cross deck familiarisation visits would be organised. The sea phase scheduled from 18 Sep to 20 Sep 19, a host of surface and air operations involving Gunnery, Force Protection Measures and Communication drills would be conducted providing experience gaining and learning from each other's best practices.
Besides fostering co-operation, the maiden IN-RSN-RTN Trilateral exercise would provide an opportunity to participating navies to come together in a spirit of collaboration to nurture stronger ties.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Hungarian Filmmaker Istvan Szabo conferred with Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award at IFFI 52 Inaugural Ceremony
I am deeply moved to realize that Indians know my films and that some of them even love them: Istvan Szabo
Radiant charisma of Satyajit Ray will be etched in my memory forever: Istvan Szabo
Panaji, 20 November, 2021
Noted Hungarian Filmmaker Istvan Szabo has been conferred the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award by the 52nd International Film Festival of India, at the opening ceremony held in Goa today, November 20, 2021.
For his outstanding contribution to World cinema, Istvan Szabo has been honored with the award at IFFI 52, which will come to a grand closing on November 28, 2021.
An extraordinary artist, Istvan Szabo achieved international success with his film Mephisto in the year 1981. The film is the first Hungarian film to have won an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film. His movies broke the barrier of language and touched viewers’ hearts everywhere around the world.
Conveying his acceptance through a video message, Istvan Szabo said, “I am deeply moved to realize the fact that Indians know my films and some of them even love it.”
Expressing his gratitude for being presented with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award, Istvan Szabo reminisced about his meeting with the legendary Satyajit Ray, which took place more than 30 years ago in the then Madras. “Ray invited me and my wife for dinner, which was excellent. We had a fantastic discussion on his films and film-making, our profession. It was a profound discussion that I will never forget.”
Thanking IFFI for presenting a recognition in the name of his friend of yore, Istvan Szabo said, “the radiant charismatic face of Ray and his spirit will be etched in my memory forever.”
Hollywood filmmaker Martin Scorsese has also been conferred the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFI 52 Opening Ceremony today.
Satyajit Ray is considered as one of the pioneers of the modern cinema and he is revered by cine-buffs across the world. His works like The Apu Trilogy and The Music Room cemented his footing in the history of Indian cinema and remain classics till date.
Satyajit Ray was ray in the world of cinema which lights up a million minds and a billion cinematic ideas even today. As we celebrate 75 years of India’s independence and 100 years of the legendary filmmaker, it has been decided that IFFI’s Lifetime Achievement Award will henceforth be called the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award.
Ministry of Coal
Coal Ministry Successfully Auctions Ten Coal Mines of Five States in the latest Effort
Combined Coal Reserves Likely to Be 1716.21 Million Ton
Fortytwo Mines Auctioned So far Under Commercial Coal Mine Auctioning
Ministry of Coal had launched the auction of coal mines for commercial mining under 13th Tranche of CMSP Act and 3rd Tranche of MMDR Act on October 12, 2021. During the e-auction, cumulatively 10 coal mines were put up for auction of which six coal mines were CMSP coal mines and remaing four were MMDR coal mines. Details of all the coal mines are as under:-
- Nine coal mines are fully explored and one mine is partially explored ;
- The total geological reserves for these mines are 1,716.211 Million Ton.
- Cumulative PRC for these coal mines is 22.014 MTPA.
The mine-wise details as below:
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S. No
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Name of the State
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Name of the Mine
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Geological Reserves 
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PRC

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Annual Revenue projected based on the PRC of mine 
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Estimated Capital Investment 
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Estimated Total Employment
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1
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Namchik Namphuk
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14.970
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0.20
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422.49
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30.00
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100|
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Sub-Total
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14.970
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0.20
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422.49
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30.00
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100
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2
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Assam
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Koilajan
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0.058
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0.004
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2.54
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0.60
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
The budget is a blue print to fulfill the aspirations and hopes of NewIndia@100: Shri Anurag Thakur
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports allocated Rs 3062.60 crore in the budget of 2022-23, an 11.08 percent rise in allocated budget as compared to the Budget estimate of 2021-22
Budgetary outlay for sports facilities and development of sports in J&K and the North-East stepped up
Increased Budgetary allocations for development of Youth and Yuvashakti
The Union budget of 2022-23 has allocated Rs 3062.60 crore to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, a hike of 11.08 percent  as compared to the budget estimate in 2021-2022.
Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram , an umbrella scheme under department of Youth Affairs for all round development of the Youth of India, has received Rs 138 Cr , an added 29 Crore in BE 2022-23 than the previous year. National Service Scheme  has been granted Rs 283.50 crore which was 231 Crore in BE 2021-22. National Youth Corps, a flagship scheme that aims to indulge Youth in National Building activities, has been allocated Rs. 75 Cr this year, an added Rs 18 Cr to empower the Yuvashakti.
The increase in budget comes with a major boost to the budget allocated to the Khelo India Scheme, which is a flagship scheme to develop sports at grass root level in India. Khelo India Scheme has been allocated Rs 974 Cr with a 48.09% increase than previous BE 2021-22. The government has increased the budget from 15 Cr to 50 Cr in BE 2022-23 for enhancement of Sports Facilities in Jammu & Kashmir. Rs 330.94 Cr has been allocated for development of Sports in North East Areas which was Rs 276.19 Cr last year.
Sports Authority of India, an autonomous organization under the Department of Sports responsible of training and facilitating sportspersons in the country, has been allocated Rs 653 Cr in BE 2022-23. A budgetary increase in the assistance to National Sports Federations from Rs 181 Cr in BE 2021-22 to Rs 280 Cr in BE 2022-23 will ensure increased cooperation between department of Sports and Sports federations to provide world class facilities to sportspersons. This will further assist the preparations of Indian athletes for upcoming commonwealth and Asian Games.
Speaking on the budget Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Thakur Said, “The budget is a blue print to fulfil the aspirations and hopes of NewIndia@100”
Besides, 70% increase in budgetary allocation in respect of NADA  as compared to 10 Cr in BE 2021-22 will boost the Anti-doping activities in the country and strengthen our commitment to maintain world class standards in Sports in India.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Team TRIFED bags the award for excellence in PSU for Investment in Start-ups in the Organisational Awards category of the Business Leader of the Year awards
Shri Pravir Krishna, Managing Director awarded with the CEO of the year, the Brand Builder of the year and Entrepreneur of the year
Team TRIFED, led by Shri Pravir Krishna, Managing Director, TRIFED, has won 4 awards in the 19th Global edition and the 4th India Edition of World Leadership Congress and Awards. The Economic Times presents Business Leader of the Year, which took place in Mumbai on February 17, 2021.
Recognised for its diligent efforts towards the transformation of lives of the tribal population across the country, TRIFED won a collective award of Excellence in PSU – for investment in start-ups in the Organisational Award Category. Shri Pravir Krishna, Managing Director won threeawards in the Individual Category for his exemplary and inspirational leadership – CEO of the year; Brand Builder of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year.
Hosted by the World Leadership Congress and Awards, the Economic Times presents Business Leader of the Year,recognises the ability of leaders to steer their organisations through turbulent times and contribute to the country’s development.
The awards are a recognition of Shri Pravir Krishna’s leadership and TRIFED’s contribution towards livelihood generation of the entire tribal community and making them self-reliant. Over the past three years, under Shri Krishna’s guidance, TRIFED has accelerated its mission in empowering the tribal community through the implementation of pathbreaking initiatives such as the Van Dhan Yojana, the MSP for MFP Scheme and in promoting tribal commerce through offline events such as exhibitions like Aadi Mahotsav etc and online platforms such as the Tribes India marketplace and retail outlets such as Amazon, Flipkart.
Believing firmly in a bottoms-up approach when it comes to tribal welfare and development, it is with a passion and drive that Mr. Krishna and the entire team at TRIFED has been working the past year especially more so during this unprecedented Covid-19 crisis. The mission is to create an Atmanirbhar Tribal India.
This turnaround of TRIFED has been recognized earlier when the team and Shri Krishna won three awards in the Virtual Edition of National Awards for Excellence – PSU held on October 14, 2020. Shri Krishna was awarded 2 individual awards for the exemplary and inspirational leadership in the CEO of the Year and Visionary Leadership Award categories and TRIFED, a collective award in the Investment in Start-Ups Category.
Shri Krishna, an IAS officer of 1987 batch  also was named as one of the '50 Most Influential Indian 2020', a list of influential Indians prepared by Fame India, Asia Post and PSU Watch in 2020!
Cabinet
Cabinet approves exchanging of Airports Authority of India's land measuring 11.35 acres with equivalent land of Govt. of Bihar at Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport, Patna for expansion / development purpose
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to transfer 11.35 acres of land to Airports Authority of India  by way of exchanging equivalent land of AAI at Anisabad. The proposed land at Patna Airport will be used for expansion of the airport and construction of new terminal building along-with other associated infrastructures. The State Government has also agreed in principle for transfer of the land.
The new terminal building will be having a capacity of 3 million passengers per annum which will not only enhance the airport capacity but also provide convenience to general public.
Background:
The existing terminal building at Patna Airport was built for a capacity of 0.5 million passengers per annum, against which 1.5 million passengers per annum are already using the airport. This has led to extreme crowding in the terminal building.